St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-09-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
A S2,5OO,OOO Trade.

The plant, franchises and business of
the Baltimore & Ohio Express has
been sold to the United States Express
company for period of 80 years. The
negotiations for the sale have been
pending about month, having begun
with President Garrett before his de-
parture for Europe. 1t is said the
price paid by the United States COM
pany for the business was so, 100000.
Terrible Holocaust.
A theatre at Exeter, Eng, took fire
Monday evening during performance.
The occupants of the pit after an awful
struggle escaped but many were great
ly injured. There was only one exit
from the gallery and the rush was ter
rife. Scores were trOdden under foot
and suffocated. The fire escape was
brought to window and many inside
were rescued. One hundred and thirty
bodies have been recovered, almost
unrecognizable. In many cases every
shred of clothing was burned off, and
the bodies were black and raw. The
str ucture burned was the Theatre Roy
al, built after the latest designs and
deliberately fitted. 1t was considered
one of the prettiest in the kingdom.
Death of Camp-Meeting John Allen.
Rev. John Allen, commonly known
as "Camp meeting" John Allen, died
on the East LivermOre camp grounds
Thursday. The camp meeting in ses-
sion there was the 364th he had attend
ed. Wednesday evening he preached
sermon, which greatly exhausted him
so that he was quite sick Thursday
morning but he rallied in the afternoon
and sat up in his chair cOnversing
with friends apparently in usual health.
"Camp- Meeting John" was born March
II, 1895, in a log cabin in Pennington,
Me. He had few school privileges.
When IL he attended Pennington
academy few weeks and afterward
was apprenticed to a clothier, teaching
school in winter. He was wild and
reckless in his youth and while attend
ing camp meeting for fun he became
converted. After that camp-meetings
had peculiar charm for him, and he
attended them far and near as often
as convenient, till his death.
A Youthful Thief.
Frank G. McNeally, aged 10, for one
year a clerk in the SacO and RiddefOrd
savings bank, has disappeared, taking
$500 in cash and $185,0OO United
States registered per cent. bonds,
and $9I 900 municipal and other bonds.
No one but the treasurer and the pres
ident were supposed to know how to
open the safe. McNeally must have
studied the combination when the
vault was open sometime during the
treasurer's absence. He has been liv-
ing hey Ond his means ever since he
worked in the bank. He wore fine
clothes, often hired livery stable teams
and always had plenty of spending
money. Some bills were left unpaid
with sundry amounts borrowed from
friends. A few days ago when talking
with friend about future plans he
said he expected to be thousands of
miles away in September. His mother
is completely Frustrated by the shock.
An excursion train over the Kansas
City and Pacific containing over 300
people, was ditched on its return trip
between Erie and Moran, Thursday
night. Several cars left the track and
number of people were injured.
Five thousand PHYSICIANS from all
over the world are attending the inter
national medical congress in Washing
ton.
Mrs. Defoy, a Montreal woman, is in
New Haven, looking for Charles Pay
ton, alias Doc. Minchon, buncO man,
who married her last spring, borrowed
thirty thousand dollars from her, and
deserted her in one week.
The government has redeemed
7,I53, 900 trade dollars, and the treas
ury people do not think that there are
more outstanding.
An Indianapolis railroad man says
that from statements made by one of
the Toledo, Peoria and Western COM
pany's employees who worked at the
Chatsworth wreck, he is convinced
that I26 lost their lives at that place.